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April 20, 2003
Video Highlights and Postgame Comments
Charlottesville, Va. – Senior Billy Glading scored a career-high five goals to lead Virginia to a 12-6 win over Duke in the championship game of the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Tournament this afternoon at Kl?ckner Stadium. The championship is the Cavaliers’ first league title since 2000 and their fifth tournament championship since 1997.
Glading scored seven goals in the tournament, including the game winner in overtime in the semifinals against North Carolina, and was named the tournament MVP.
He helped get the Cavaliers off to a quick start this afternoon by scoring all three of their goals in the first quarter.
The Blue Devils fought back, however, with a three-goal run early in the second quarter. Kevin Cassese knotted the score at three with an extra-man goal less than four minutes into the period. Matt Zash gave the Devils their only lead at 4-3 a short time later with his first goal in three games.
Freshman Kyle Dixon tied the score at four midway through the quarter by taking a pass up top from Joe Yevoli and beating A.J. Kincel from 10 yards out. John Christmas scored what proved to be the game winner 5:55 before halftime by shoveling a shot past Kincel at the goal line extended on the left side as the Cavaliers took a 5-4 lead into halftime.
Virginia extended the lead to 7-4 behind third quarter goals by Yevoli and Glading. Duke’s Matt Rewkowski tallied on a nifty roll from behind to beat Johnson to end a scoring drought of nearly 21 minutes to draw the Blue Devils to within two, but it was as close as they’d get the rest of the day.
A.J. Shannon scored the first of his three goals late in the third to start the Cavaliers on a five-goal run that effectively ended Duke’s chances of a comeback. Dixon scored an extra-man goal and Glading his fifth before Shannon scored UVa’s final two goals. Rewkowski netted his second with just over a minute to play to complete the scoring.
Goalie Tillman Johnson and the Cavalier defense helped hold the Duke offense in check throughout the game. He was strong early on recording seven of his 13 saves in the first quarter to set a tone for the rest of the way. Overall the Cavaliers allowed two goals in the final 39 minutes.
ACC All-Tournament Team: Billy Glading (UVa)-MVP, David Burman (UVa), Kevin Cassese (Duke), Scott Falatach (UNC), Brett Hughes (UVa), Tillman Johnson (UVa), A.J. Kincel (Duke), Ryan Moran (Maryland), Matt Rewkowski (Duke), Chris Rotelli (UVa), John Wendling (Duke), Joe Yevoli (UVa).
#13 Duke (8-6/0-3) 1-3-1-1-6
#4 Virginia (9-2/2-1) 3-2-3-4-12
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Duke scoring (G-A): Matt Rewkowski 2-0, Kevin Cassese 1-1, Matt Monfett 1-0, John Wendling 1-0, Matt Zash 1-0, Kevin Brennan 0-1, A.J. Kincel 0-1.
Virginia scoring (G-A): Billy Glading 5-0, A.J. Shannon 3-1, Kyle Dixon 2-0, Joe Yevoli 1-3, John Christmas 1-0, Chris Rotelli 0-3.
Goalie summary: Duke-A.J. Kincel 11 saves, 12 goals allowed, 36 shots faced, 60 minutes.
UVa- Tillman Johnson 13 saves, 6 goals allowed, 29 shots faced, 57 minutes; Ryan Thompson 1 save, 1 goal allowed, 6 shots faced, 3 minutes.
Shots: DU-35, UVa-36
Clearing: DU-16 of 22, UVa-27 of 29
Faceoffs: DU-11, UVa-10
Ground Balls: DU-34, UVa-34
Penalties: DU-2-2:00, UVa-3-2:00
Extra-man scoring: DU-1 of 3, UVa-2 of 2